Yet Another Supreme Court Challenge Against COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates Has Failed
Days following the lifting of the Sydney lockdown, the NSW Supreme Court handed down its judgment in the case commonly known as Kassam versus Hazzard, which saw plaintiffs challenge aspects of the public health orders issued by NSW health minister...
Grassroots Opposition to the AUKUS Pact and War on China Is Mounting
“We hope to see the biggest coalition of trade unions come together to oppose this drive to war”. “We hope to see the biggest coalition of trade unions come together to oppose this drive to war, and the MUA is...
The Law, Defences and Penalties for Shoplifting in New South Wales
The New South Wales Police Force has reported that 84 people were arrested during a three-day operation targeting shoplifting across the Sydney CBD, Ultimo and Bondi areas on 8, 9 and 10 December 2021. Operation Lightfingers comprised officers from the...
UK Offers US Assange on a Platter, as PM Washes His Hands Sealing the Australian’s Fate
The UK High Court overturned the Westminster Magistrates’ Court decision not to extradite Julian Assange to the United States last Friday, as the Biden administration continues to seek to prosecute the Australian journalist in relation to a swag of charges...
NSW Police Officer Found Guilty of Perjury
A New South Wales police officer who lied in court to support a fake sexual assault claim made by his partner, has been found guilty of perjury. In 2014, Sarah Jane Parkinson claimed that her former partner slammed her head...
The Offence of Drink Spiking in New South Wales
With vaccination rates high and people starting to go out and socialise again, sinister reports of women being injected by mystery substances in popular night spots have emerged in New South Wales. At least six women have come forward to...
Vaccination Mandates Must Be ‘Fair and Reasonable’
The full bench of the Fair Work Commission (FWC) has found that a decision by mining company BHP to make Covid-19 vaccinations at the Mt Arthur mine in the Hunter Valley compulsory for workers was not lawful or reasonable. About...
Drug Decriminalisation Likely for the ACT: An Interview With Labor MLA Michael Pettersson
A parliamentary committee review of a proposal to decriminalise drugs in the capital territory tabled its final report last week, and it has recommended the ACT Legislative Assembly should pass laws that would remove criminal sanctions for the personal possession...
Courts Will Bear the Brunt of Challenges to COVID-19 Fines
More than 7,000 people have sought reviews of Covid fines over the past several months, and most have failed, with only one in ten of the reviews lodged with Revenue NSW succeeding. Information obtained under a Freedom of Information request...
NSW Is Incarcerating First Nations People for Fishing in Their Own Waters
“They’ve been prosecuting our people down here for cultural fishing,” said Wally Stewart. “There is a law that gives us a right to fish, which is section 211 of the Native Title Act. And it’s been Commonwealth law that fisheries have...
